judges in egypt call for a nationwide strike against president morsi has extensive new powers that critics say are tantamount to a coup. the spanish region of catalonia prepares for a key regional vote which could potentially force a referendum on independence from central government. and politically correct outrage in the u.k. as foster children are torn from the couple caring for them after social workers question which way they vote in the election. from our studios in central moscow this is r.t.

certainly glad to have you with us egypt judges have accused president mohamed morsi of launching an unprecedented attack on the judiciary they're calling for a nationwide strike to force the president to reverse the decree expanding his powers this comes as clashes continue across the country between opponents and supporters of morsi cairo based journalist bell true as more clashes that have been going on for five days now protesters against the president in particular the president's declaration which was issued on thursday which really gives power as in addition there were protests organized by opposition forces. to the supreme court of justice because a meeting was being held bind the judges of the country against the regime because it. arrived at the supreme court they were actually attacked by groups of people identified as pro. missing brotherhood and pro

president supporters really we're seeing continued clashes and key key marches and protests happening across cairo the opposition movement is actually getting it stronger every single day even though there are fewer numbers on there is actually tense going up because it's called the sit in for a week and they've also called for a mass protest on tuesday which the against this constitutional declaration made by the president as i mentioned on thursday which really does grow on the president's sweeping powers that of course the people have really dumped him now a pharaoh and called his document a coup so really they're building their uniting for the first time against the president and against this document and creating process and marches into here and across the country for the next week the president supporters seem to have counteracted all the oppositional forces movements in the sense that as i mentioned there was this march to the supreme court of justice and it was met by pro president supporters whether or not they're actually affiliated with the president officially we don't know in addition the president although he's organization the

muslim brotherhood a call for their members to come to this to the streets in a million a round choose day in support of the president which is directly counteracting an oppositional protest on tuesday against this document. journalist are committed to believe that the opposition's concerns over the future of democracy in egypt have a solid basis. what have mohamed morsi done mobarek in the height of his power could not even dream of achieving morsi is part of the muslim brotherhood and islam or fascist group they have control over their members and their supporters it is very simple and the country was more than forty five percent of its population are illiterate to control them in the name of religion gyptian is are now seeing clearly the have replaced the military fascist style regime of hosni mubarak into the religious fascist regime of mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood egyptians have undertaken

a revolution back in january twentieth levon calling for three simple things bread freedom and source justice neither of these three. calls demands that they have called for and in their revolution have been achieved the state of the egyptian of qana me is in shambles this state of freedoms it's been marginalized people wanted to establish a democracy they wanted to establish solid to human rights they wanted to have social justice applied and not to turn it from the military to the religious fascism. more pictures of the brawls and skirmishes that have ripped through the streets of egypt's biggest cities as well as expert comment on the crisis are always available on our website r t dot com. the people of spain's most prosperous and most taxed region will choose a new parliament on sunday their choice could ultimately decide whether catalonia

will remain a part of spain or go it alone after being stricken by the financial demands of central government under farmer has the story. there's a wind of separatism blowing through europe at the moment and it's reached the northeastern shores of spain catalonia is the latest region to officially our spare independence is something people here have long felt in their hearts but now they're feeling it in their pockets. i think it's a good idea to be in the band them from. a country. which is in a really really bad situation is a bargain for. it's a bargain for the good of the cats and i'm flags can be seen hanging from balconies throughout barcelona reflecting a growing desire for home rule under a drive to break away from the central government in madrid this weekend's local

election is being fought on that issue alone cattle and president mass has made it the centerpiece of his campaign this convergence union party to hold an independent referendum if they win and say a free catalonia would be a cure all for the region's economic problems that have seen unemployment top twenty five percent of the economy context in europe and in the south of europe has been a catalyzer of this of this movement we can see dozens of people in total believe that with our own resources human capital economic resources we could be better off if not being in the spanish estate this is a reality that a lot of economic research has show many cattle and find it a persuasive argument it's one of spain's wealthiest regions producing a fifth of the country's economic output but it pays around sixteen billion euros

a year more in taxes than it gets back in madrid which hasn't insisted public services enjoy austerity cuts. this is not fair i mean we are the ones who're. doing our best in mccormick reasons we cannot have all the weight of this measure and the sense of government that for us is the one who is spending the most and not in the best way last september barcelona witnessed one of the largest separatist rallies here since the nineteen seventies over one and a half million cattle and took to the streets to call for independence but the path to becoming a new european state is far from smooth the proposed referendum is against the spanish constitution what's more withdrawing from spain could also force this region to drop out of the european union those against separatism believe it could do more harm than good. separatism for catalonia would be an economic disaster multi-national companies located in barcelona for access to the spanish work it and

being in the e.u. that will be lost which more even of separatism does not happen just talking about it creates uncertainty and that is the last thing the economy needs during this current crisis. with poll suggesting aftermath will win reelection barcelona and madrid look set free showdown the president this spanish military association colonel leopoldo sanchez has even suggested it might lead to another civil war political parties dismiss that as extreme rhetoric but remaining catalans in hope this weekend will mark the first step towards the break up of spam andrew farmer. catalonia carlos del close and a sociologist from pompei you fabray university in barcelona says that pro independence politicians will not bring any real difference to the way catalonia is governed. the unemployment here is around that twenty five percent that is the unemployment in the rest of the state and there's also over fifty

percent youth unemployment i mean it wasn't too long ago that members of our to the masses party told spent a couple of years you know go serve coffees in england and learn english because there's no work for you here now that generates a lot of rejection and we're probably going to see some manifestation of that in the electoral results this is definitely true that the lumia does have a higher g.d.p. for instance in the than other regions of spain but they have a lot more debt and they've been in acting austerity they enacted austerity here before the rest of the of the spanish state so there's not a lot of there's nothing really to suggest that it would be that much better to do a mass did say that you know the day after elections they're still going to be you know austerity measures and budget cuts and layoffs and people out in the street but what's been remarkable about this these elections is the degree to which an appealing to the nationalist sentiment has completely trumped i guess the

discussion in the public sphere about austerity. and you're with r t coming up later this hour no good turn goes unpunished as norway appears to be suffering for the taliban. that's as radical islam is fast becoming a popular trend among the country's growing up muslim community. and we explain how a scandal involving a football hooligans is becoming a springboard for the possible creation of a brand new continental tournament. looking at some jokes you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the us i come to russia and everybody is so very friendly

they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first sled dog was brought here from australia now it's trios come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail ira mazie but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it was in the top marshes off sled dog racing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for all phones who brought their dia to life. five years ago. bill to dog kennel in the village kids from the local open age came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training their full legged friends but smother her schedule also encourages

her kids to become depth hands on the computer and internet the boys regularly update their websites and they're in touch with the busy ma the twenty four seven on the phone itself but children are the most important thing my own interests not play any rule any more and regardless of whether parsky was huskies window race or not she hopes the composition will take place in the village next year. but called these dogs and the children it really is not the winning but truly just the taking part that counts.

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have you back tolerance towards immigrants is something norway adopted centuries ago tens of thousands of people displaced by wars in their countries have found their way to the welcoming land of the vikings however some modern migrants are being accused of taking their new home for granted as maria financial reports. tolerance is no way as well known trademark maybe even to well known thirteen percent of the country's five million population a remembrance but it seems it may be suffering from its own hospitality problem to sixty years until i was like these green everything that we do but sometimes people call these parts of the city started as if it's immigrant i mean it's a population for years it's been home to a large number of outsiders who believe in peace and many locals are treated respectfully so decided it's not enough a while ago the radical islamic group demanded to make its independence from the city and the sharia law territory to feel literally out. in

a letter sent to some of the country's politicians and journalists and known extremists have threatened to carry out and nine eleven in no way if their demands are not met. that it's really something really i think it's more a lot of stuff really to be taken seriously but this is not the first death threat coming from noways muslim community in this we do know a pakistani born in mom preaches those not praying should be brought to prison those not fasting during ramadan decapitated is it possible to kill a human being with you. no problem all weapon is made to kill we hear concerns over how some immigrants bring part of their cultures to no way from the head of the country's hunting union on our hunting course is there were pending for muslims who seem to have more interest in. nature and helping

attending courses is one of the two legal ways in no way to get a personal weapons license if you don't respect religion rules and you want to do. then you can go back to your country opposition party member he himself came to no way as a political refugee in the late eighty's he says the ruling labor party is importing voters immigrants are indeed among the parties strongest supporters but the prize is high how can you integrate minority when the minority is actually the majority in a society who is going to learn from who who is well you are. such rhetoric is too familiar to every norwegian a homegrown terrorist killed seventy seven here last summer protesting against the takeover of muslim immigrants also one towards one of those on that island last july his comrades and friends were killed right in front of his very eyes he says

he survived to fight for what brave it tried to destroy the most important lesson is that we've never paid. ground of values for ground. it's a fight with the fight for democracy or. for justice it's something that we constantly need to focus on despite concerns of the threat to kill made by some immigrants may be a real noways unlikely to give up its tolerant small toe in fact it's quite the opposite for many the only response to brave extend to immigrants motivated massacre is seen immigrants embraced more than ever before more if an option r t no way. a local council in britain has removed three children from their foster family because of the parents' political views social workers accuse the couple of belonging to a racist political organization due to their support of the u.k. independence party or my colleague bill dodd spoke to paul nuttall an m.e.p. from ukip who described the decision as outrageous. it's an absolute disgrace and i

think it's a case of desperation really from the labor party we have a by election rather than exactly in the same area where this terrible incident has taken place on the council of going to heaven persecuted this family because they are members of ukip i'm not too sure whether this is a coincidence or not now your party is that critical of multiculturalism and political correctness is this incident an indication that perhaps you're being misunderstood in your failing to communicate your policies. absolutely not i think our policies are quite clear i think the fact that we're now around ten to twelve percent in the opinion polls goes ahead and shows that and the fact is that at miliband the leader of the labor party has come out and said there needs to be an investigation into this that michael gove the conservative education secretary has come out and said that this is a disgrace so we're getting backing not just from the people because the public is on the whole behind us on this they think it's a disgrace it would also getting the backing of the political parties as well so

you agree with the whole idea that no matter what political persuasion couples are they should be able to adopt children. oh look this corporal have been foster parents for the past seven years they have been giving children homes and doing a good job what happens here this is a case of persecution i think it's absolutely wrong the people who will suffer as a result will be the children because what will happen to these children now look at but this isn't isn't bringing children up in a political environment all of consideration for example would you be happy to see members of the british nationalist party adopting or fostering children for a political party accused of racism. well look i think each case needs to be taken on a sole basis and we are not a racist party it's quite clear that's written into our constitution we actually van members who have been members of the british national party in the past we are completely and also the unsub races could ukip see this is a political advantage and bring to the attention the fact that the adoption

fostering laws in the u.k. really do need to shake up understand that seven out of eight parents are rejected the. possibility to foster or adopt it is that an area that perhaps you could now pursue. well i think it's something that certainly needs to be looked at i mean there are seventy thousand children in care in this country which quite frankly is obscene that is too many and what we need to be doing is getting these children out of care and into good homes because you know the statistics don't rely on those children in care are more likely to go or can end up in prison and not to well at school etc the best place for children in care to be is with loving families and that's why this whole thing is obscene. now for more stories making headlines around the world for you this hour. around ten thousand people have clashed with police in thailand during anti-government protests officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd as they tried to break through barricades the demonstrators accuse the prime minister of corruption and holding an anti monitoring the stance

authorities say the army could be called in if the situation gets out of control. african leaders have gathered in uganda to call on the rebels to end hostilities against the government in the democratic republic of congo following the capture of the city of goma by the so-called m twenty three armed group the un now puts the number of displaced persons in the region at one hundred forty thousand militants have been fighting for control of the mineral rich country for more than two decades now. the remains of the late palestinian leader yasser arafat will be examined on tuesday his sudden death in two thousand and four led some palestinians to claim he was poisoned by israel which strongly denies the accusations the investigation into his death was renewed earlier this year after traces of polonium were found and personal items the samples will be examined by experts from russia switzerland and france. the boss of russian energy giant

gazprom says the company would support the creation of a brand new football league such an arrangement would see former soviet republics compete alongside russian clubs this comes hot on the heels of the russian football association punishing a team owned by god's promise for fan violence going off take a look at whether the grandiose plans are likely to become reality. sunidhi is currently the champion of russia and recently found itself in the center of a scandal when during a match with the team one of the meets fans threw a flare right on the field seriously injuring the. burning his eyes with the match was stopped and his unit was punished with a technical defeat later were heard from the team's management who protested the penalty saying that me stop taking part in a russian football championship all together analysing it is sponsored by gas prom and the energy giants see miller has met with the team's management and he's now saying that if you need me start taking part in

a whole new other tournament between states which currently doesn't exist but miller says that if somebody started working on the idea then gas plant would definitely support it now gazprom is known to be quite a supporter of sports its deputy c.e.o. alexander may be the is the chief ideologist of the kontinental hockey league which is currently the second largest in the wall you know it's probably the strongest hockey teams in the whole course area so the energy giant definitely has the financial resources to help create a new football tournament as well say between the former soviet republics but again this is all now being talked about not actually being worked on and it's also a question how successful such a project would be how interesting it would be to watch and how competitive would be compared to other football leagues in the world. and you're watching r t coming up after a short break we have

a technology update stay with us. i . lewis that takes your breath away a few tourists travel to these parts no prepackaged confort but they joy is the wildest guarantee. if gagne's a zoology professor he works in the u.s. and travels to these remote areas in washington every summer as he says he confines untouched landscapes like this anywhere else in the world. we're going off the list below sea line. if i go wrong the wrong and surprise you will go straight to the water and so we did our plan to get closer to the sea lion and shake its flipper failed. one animal whose par you definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear you

can literally spot a grizzly here by every small weaver this sort of bears are they have a very good sense of flow to think that we have to keep an eye a wind direction hold. them and. so we're going to go yes we'll shell people required. and quiet we went but the wind was not on our side and the bear got away and they're usually the first to avoid contact with humans but during spawning time when both people and bears go fishing people often shoot at them to scare them away and every year here in the region you hear about someone being killed by the predators. but at the mugger down nature reserve where we are no one disturbs the bears peanuts another local resident to haiti's peace being disturbed here is the howlers sea eagle in has a wingspan of two and

a half meters ignace only here in russia far east because of the bundles of salmon and sea gulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds so he took me to one of his favorite places here mara island it has the biggest colony of seagulls in the region the climb up was tough. but the prize was worth it. if there was no security here it would be no reason to have tons of people coming here just to get some for me on the beach here nothing is guaranteed you have to struggle to get your piece of bread nothing really how you can apply on oprah did you have to rely on yourself to back. up to be the bad. maybe for the wildlife here the lack of physical or is this for the better but when

you stand on top of phenomenal and like this you just cantelupe wanting to share the beauty. oh and welcome to technology update here in moscow we're always on the lookout for the newest of the new and there's been no shortage of big announcements in the high tech world especially if the russian capital plays host to the open innovations forum. the first ever gathering under this name got kicked off at the end of october believe it looked to bring together high tech gurus and investors from across the globe more than ten thousand participants from dozens of countries

flocked to the expo center along the moscow river to handle the influx exhibition halls were decked out to fulfill all the attendees gadget driven needs build itself as a unique gathering of leaders in the fields of science business and government to encourage innovative development put in seven hundred speakers gave talks over the forums for days the schedule is jam packed with high powered conferences and coffee fuelled negotiations normally this time of year plays host to a different event but in two thousand and twelve the roost nanotech for a combined with this open innovations forum. is one of the main organizers of the rodeo nano certainly let its presence be known the tiny take giant showed off many of its affiliated projects at its stand. exhibiting the size and breadth of its portfolio there are companies ranging from composite materials to solar panels. on the cars. all right because a company whose main offering sixty keep yours in tip top shape my hotel which has

grabbed a few headlines in the past with its fountain of youth has recently come out with a new i drop they could be the first of many products. just like a pharmaceutical company so we need distributors pharmacies additionally such events are good for attracting investors many times of medicine used to using our technology we have money for just two at the moment for the rest we still need to find additional investment or will consider. another. participant those unfamiliar with the country. as a kind of clearinghouse.